Suddenly the Judge shall come, and the deeds of each shall be revealed, but with fear we cry out in the middle of the night, Holy, Holy, Holy art thou o God, Thru the prayers of the Theotokos have mercy on us and save us!

Because he REJECTED Orthodoxy for Paganism. (I guess you can say he was Orthodox for a short time.)

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Suddenly the Judge shall come, and the deeds of each shall be revealed, but with fear we cry out in the middle of the night, Holy, Holy, Holy art thou o God, Thru the prayers of the Theotokos have mercy on us and save us!

I have a hard time believing that Serj Tankian is an Orthodox Christian. If he is, his priest should wash his mouth out with soap, based on some of the stuff he sings (e.g. the song Violent Pornography)

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"Christian America is finally waking up to what fraternities and biker gangs have known for years: hazing works!"

I have a book that makes the claim that C. S. Lewis was Mormon in his thinking and writing and I've seen claims that he would have gone to Rome by now. I've read a claim that because he was interested in Greece he would have become EO. Reading his letters and own words can clearly establish where he was in in Church. Meanwhile his work is able to speak and reach people in many different Churches. After becoming a Christian again, he was Anglican to the day he died. To borrow from him we cannot know what might have been but what was.

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"I wish they would remember that the charge to Peter was "Feed my sheep", not "Try experiments on my rats", or even "Teach my performing dogs new tricks". - C. S. Lewis

Michael Ignatieff, son of diplomat George Ignatieff, public intellectual, Harvard professor, historian/author/novelist and current leader of the Liberal Party of Canada (seriously - he has a daunting resume), is listed as a member of the Russian Orthodox Church. (However he's self-described as not a "church guy".) His grandfather was an adviser to Nicholas II. In the US, the last major presidential contender who was listed as Orthodox was Mike Dukakis.

We should distinguish between those who were baptised Orthodox because of their heritage and those who actively profess/practice their faith today.

Exactly! Some of the people mentioned may have been baptised Orthodox but are far from being practicing Orthodox!

Orthodoc

Amen. (Of course there are plenty of non-famous people who have been baptized Orthodox but are far from practicing; do we exalt them to inquirers who ask us for mentors?)

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"O Cross of Christ, all-holy, thrice-blessed, and life-giving, instrument of the mystical rites of Zion, the holy Altar for the service of our Great Archpriest, the blessing - the weapon - the strength of priests, our pride, our consolation, the light in our hearts, our mind, and our steps"Met. Meletios of Nikopolis & Preveza, from his ordination.

I have a book that makes the claim that C. S. Lewis was Mormon in his thinking and writing and I've seen claims that he would have gone to Rome by now. I've read a claim that because he was interested in Greece he would have become EO. Reading his letters and own words can clearly establish where he was in in Church. Meanwhile his work is able to speak and reach people in many different Churches. After becoming a Christian again, he was Anglican to the day he died. To borrow from him we cannot know what might have been but what was.

well, he was a very catholic (lower case 'c') anglican.

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You are right. I apologize for having sacked Constantinople. I really need to stop doing that.

He married and brought up his kids in the EPISCOPAL CHURCH. When his son got involved with drugs a few years back they found him a nice Greek girl. Don't know if they ever got married.

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Doubt it: Michael is Jewish by birth, born Cheffetz. His half brother through his father is Jason Chaffetz, a convert to the Mormons and to the Republicans : he is in the House of Representatives from Utah. Michael married someone, but I do not know whom.

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Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything so that he may do it no more.A hasty quarrel kindles fire,and urgent strife sheds blood.If you blow on a spark, it will glow;if you spit on it, it will be put out; and both come out of your mouth

Aren't the Kardashians Armenian Orthodox, or was it just Robert (their father)? I can't find any confirmation.

Ye gads! I hope not.Orthodoc

I think the same thing. Bad enough that they are Armenian.

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Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything so that he may do it no more.A hasty quarrel kindles fire,and urgent strife sheds blood.If you blow on a spark, it will glow;if you spit on it, it will be put out; and both come out of your mouth

Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything so that he may do it no more.A hasty quarrel kindles fire,and urgent strife sheds blood.If you blow on a spark, it will glow;if you spit on it, it will be put out; and both come out of your mouth

Aren't the Kardashians Armenian Orthodox, or was it just Robert (their father)? I can't find any confirmation.

Judging from the way they live, I seriously doubt that the Armenian Church means much to them.

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Men may dislike truth, men may find truth offensive and inconvenient, men may persecute the truth, subvert it, try by law to suppress it. But to maintain that men have the final power over truth is blasphemy, and the last delusion. Truth lives forever, men do not.-- Gustave Flaubert

Aren't the Kardashians Armenian Orthodox, or was it just Robert (their father)? I can't find any confirmation.

Their grandmother (father's mother) went to my cousin's church, but I think she was the last one in that family to be a devout Armenian Orthodox. The girls' mother is not Armenian, and I don't believe they were raised at all in the Church.

Aren't the Kardashians Armenian Orthodox, or was it just Robert (their father)? I can't find any confirmation.

Judging from the way they live, I seriously doubt that the Armenian Church means much to them.

If we judged one another from the way we each live, none of us could call ourselves Orthodox Christians. I'm not affirming that they (Kardashians) are, but we also don't have much of a moral high ground to stand upon...

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"O Cross of Christ, all-holy, thrice-blessed, and life-giving, instrument of the mystical rites of Zion, the holy Altar for the service of our Great Archpriest, the blessing - the weapon - the strength of priests, our pride, our consolation, the light in our hearts, our mind, and our steps"Met. Meletios of Nikopolis & Preveza, from his ordination.

Michael Dukakis is a Greek-American and Greek Orthodox. His father was a medical doctor in Boston and was provided no cost medical services to the students of Holy Cross Seminary in Brookline. His father made the acquaintance of Archbishop Iakovos, of blessed memory, when he was the presiding priest at the GOAA Boston Cathedral. Michael Dukakis was baptised and raised in the Orthodox Church. He married a Jewish women, Kitty. Due to this marriage, most thought he wasn't in good standing with the Orthodox Church, but during the '88 presidential campaign, Archbishop Iakovos stated that he was in good standing with the Church; by the exercise of Economy, it would seem.

The reference above to his having been an Episcopalian, may be due to confusing him with another Greek-American from Massachusetts, former Congressman Paul Tsongas, who also had sought the presidency. He had written in a memoir that although he was Greek Orthodox, while living in Washington D.C., his family found a spiritual home in the Episcopal Church.

Admitting to watching "Keeping up...," the Kardashian's make no reference to being members of an organized religion, and they tell quite a bit about their personal feelings about matters. They allude to their Armenian nationality and culture, somewhat, usually in the context of discussions about their father. At a wedding for Kloe, the "service " was secular; there was a little Armenian dancing at the reception.

According to the All-Knowing Wiki, Helen Thomas is Orthodox (Lebanese). Which puts her recent comments about Israel in a different light then perhaps a lot of the media is putting it (not to descend into politics).

Her niece is a news anchor and also Orthodox; I see her at one of our local parishes when I visit. That's kind of cool in this heavily-Reformed area.

On Monday, June 28, 2010, renowned Hollywood actor Jim Belushi visited the Phanar with his family to receive the blessing of His All Holiness. Belushi and his children are Albanian Orthodox Christians.

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Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.—St. Isaac of Syria

Also from Adherents, my favorite section: super-heroes grouped by faith.

Black Widow Fireball Confessor Geo-Force Elektra Mindsinger Terra

Unfortunately, we just got two anti-heroines (Elektra and Black Widow) who don't even mention this aspect of their origins and a couple of villains! Elektra even apostated to the ninja religion of the sect known as "The Hand".Blame the Cold War, I suppose.

In case you may be wondering, the site claims that Superman's parents on Earth (Johnantan and Marta Kent) were Methodists and he was raised as such. Batman's parent were a mixed marriage between an Episcopalian and a Roman-Catholic and at least while his parents were alive we can suppose he was taken to church with them. Daredevil is Roman Catholic, and Spiderman seems to be a non-denominational Protestant.